Glossostigma elatinoides

Small mud-mat

Glossostigma elatinoides

Small mud-mat

  • The most popular ground covering plant there is
  • Forms intense green carpets
  • Fast grower
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Description

Glossostigma elatinoides is a very popular plant for Japanese-style tanks. It is one of the smallest aquarium plants, which makes it ideal for the foreground. A difficult-to-care-for plant that needs a lot of light. If the lighting is too weak, it tends to grow upwards. Must not be shaded off by larger plants. When planting, make small tufts (approx. 1/8 of the pot) and plant at a distance of only a few centimetres. Thus you will get a ground-covering group in less time. The injection of CO2 and soft water enhance growth considerably.

Glossostigma elatinoides is a very low-growing lawnlike aquarium plant with creeping runners and spatula-like leaves that grows emersed to totally submersed in bogs and flood areas as well as on river banks and lakeshores in its native habitats in Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. Takashi Amano became aware of the hitherto rather unknown plant in 1980. He imported it to Japan via the aquatic plant nursery Dennerle and created the first Nature Aquaria layouts with low-growing carpets of Glossostigma. Meanwhile, Glossostigma elatinoides has become one of the most popular foreground plants in all the world.

It is possible to confound Glossostigma elatinoides with small submersed waterclovers (Marsilea). However, the creeping runners of Glossstigma have opposing leaves (2 leaves per node), those of Marsilea are alternate (1 leaf per node). (read more)

Common names Small mud-mat, Glosso
Synonyms Tricholoma elatinoides Bentham
Complete botanical name Glossostigma elatinoides (Benth.) Hook. f.
Family Phrymaceae
Genus Glossostigma
Difficulty medium
Usage Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover
Aquascaping forms a small-leaved carpet
Growth fast
pH value 4 - 7
Temperature tolerance 4 - 30°C
Carbonate hardness 0 - 14°dKH
General hardness 0 - 30°dGH
Propagation Runners, Cuttings, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants
Can grow emersed? yes
Source Flowgrow
Common names
Small mud-mat, Glosso
Synonyms
Tricholoma elatinoides Bentham
Complete botanical name
Glossostigma elatinoides (Benth.) Hook. f.
Family
Phrymaceae
Genus
Glossostigma
Difficulty
medium
Usage
Nano tanks, Foreground, group, Foreground, ground cover
Aquascaping
forms a small-leaved carpet
Growth
fast
pH value
4 - 7
Temperature tolerance
4 - 30°C
Carbonate hardness
0 - 14°dKH
General hardness
0 - 30°dGH
Propagation
Runners, Cuttings, Splitting, cutting off daughter plants
Can grow emersed?
yes
Source
Flowgrow

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General information

Item no.
135.0103.01
EAN 5703249045102
Weight 0,10 kg
Shipping weight 0,10 kg

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Jose Antonio G.
Tremenda!
24th February 2023
Glossostigma elatinoides - in Vitro XL
Glossostigma elatinoides - in Vitro XL

Sorprendido con la calidad de la planta recibida y la cantidad que trae la tarrina XL…Sin duda merece la pena.

Gianfranco A.
Super
24th January 2017
Glossostigma elatinoides - 1-2-GROW!
Glossostigma elatinoides - 1-2-GROW!

Plant arrived super healthy, really fresh and in prime condition, Nice dark immaculate leaves,

and packaging superb.

One of my favorite lawn- ground covering plant.

Jonathan H.
Fantastic and very forgiving
24th November 2015
Glossostigma elatinoides - 1-2-GROW!
Glossostigma elatinoides - 1-2-GROW!

Highly recommend this.

Grows at a very fast rate and looks great.

Colours are vivid and the packaging etc were perfect - as you'd expect from Aquasabi

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